"If the general cannot seize the Central Plains this year, civil strife will inevitably occur." Jia Xu said: "Xiliang is far away from Luoyang, so Chen Shijun may not know that there are already dozens of buckets of rice near Luoyang. Yingchuan and Hong
In many rural areas, people have abandoned their fields and fled one after another. Bandits are rampant on the roads in broad daylight. Moreover, it is said that the Yellow Turban Army in the Central Plains is showing signs of resurgence."
Having said this, Jia Xu couldn't help but shook his head and said: "He Jin is good at running an army, but he has no talent at all in running a country."
It always costs one thousand yuan, and several times it costs several thousand yuan. The price of rice near Yinchuan is only thirty yuan. Compared with the price of rice near Luoyang, the price difference is nearly a hundred times. Chen Cheng imagined the situation and felt a little unbearable.
He sighed: "Last year there was constant fighting around Luoyang, and the harvest must have been very small. I'm afraid many people won't be able to survive this spring."
The so-called lean period refers to the months of March and April, when the crops in the fields are not yet mature and the rice at home has been depleted. These are the most difficult days of the year for poor people.
Seeing the unbearable expression on Chen Cheng's face, Jia Xu was moved in his heart and said: "He Jin went against the grain and the people were displaced. It is exactly what we need heroes like you to step forward and save the people of the world from the fire."
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "I don't have that kind of ability. I can only thank God if I can feed the people of Liangzhou."
He turned to Yan Zhong and said, "Since Dong Bingzhou has sent an envoy, should we also send an envoy to Bingzhou?"
Yan Zhong smiled and said: "That's what I meant, and I've even thought about the person to be the envoy."
"Oh, who does Bo Dao want to send as an envoy?"
"How about a date in Korean?"
Chen Cheng was stunned and asked: "Why did Bo Dao think of him?"
Yan Zhong said: "Although Han Wenyue resigned from the post of prefect, he is still the general of Liangzhou. The main discussion we have with Dong Bingzhou is military issues. Isn't it appropriate to send Han Sui there?"
Well, what he said makes sense...how strange! Chen Cheng thought to himself: Yan Bodao has never been able to catch Han Sui, so he simply sent him away. He left his hometown in Liangzhou
, even if Han Sui had some plans, he couldn't bring them to fruition.
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Since Bo Dao thinks Han Sui is suitable, let the Ministry of Rites give him an order tomorrow."
The few people continued to talk for a while, and then Jia Xu stood up to say goodbye and left. Yan Zhong was also about to leave, but was stopped by Chen Cheng.
"Wait a minute, Uncle, I still have some things to discuss with you."
Yan Zhong sat down again and said, "I also have something to tell you."
"What's up?"
"Jia Wen and the world's geniuses must never let him go back to Bingzhou."
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Isn't there a thousand-mile horse in the world? But I don't have many ears to hate Bole. If Jia Xu can stay, that would be great, but we in Liangzhou can't do without him. No matter how strong one person is,
, how can it be worth the effort of tens of millions of people? As long as we can make the people of Liangzhou return, we can have hundreds of thousands of Han households, plus the Qiang and Hu tribes in the territory, we can have 50,000 elite soldiers. In the past, Fan Kuai once said
, with one hundred thousand elite soldiers, I can run rampant among the Xiongnu. But as long as I have fifty thousand elite soldiers, I dare to compete with the heroes of the world!"
Yan Zhong thought of the bravery of the "Falling Camp" and the "Flying Bear Hussars". They were indeed rare strong soldiers in the world. If there were ten thousand elites like that, they would be worth a hundred thousand. It was just a training of the tooth soldiers.
It is not easy, and the configuration of weapons and armor requires a lot of manpower and material resources and a long time.
He said to Chen Cheng: "If they are all elites like Ya Bing, we don't need 50,000, but 10,000 will be enough."
Chen Cheng laughed. He wanted to sleep all his soldiers and horses into elite troops, but his abilities were limited. Even now, he can add "buffs" to more than a hundred people. If he wanted to train 10,000 elite troops, then
I really don’t know when I will wait. Among the current tooth soldiers, there are only more than 400 elites who have been upgraded to the top.
He said to Yan Zhong: "If they were all elites like Ya Bing, we wouldn't be able to afford ten thousand people. Each Ya Bing's family has at least dozens of acres or as many as hundreds of acres of tax-free land. If the number of people is
There are too many, who else can we turn to to collect taxes? That’s why I said that we need 50,000 soldiers and horses to control the world."
"What the Lord and Marquis said is true, then just let Jia Xu go back to Bingzhou." Yan Zhong said regretfully: "Unfortunately, there are not many people in the world who can compare with Jia Xu. Apart from him, we in Liangzhou will never be the same again."
I can't find the second person."
The folk customs in Xiliang are fierce and fierce, and people have developed a brave and fierce character. It is easy to recruit some elite soldiers and generals here, but it is very difficult to find a smart person like Jia Xu. Yan Zhong
Looking throughout Liangzhou, there are only two and a half smart people.
He counts himself as one, Jia Xu counts as one, and the other half is Han Sui. Yan Zhong believes that Han Sui is only smart but not wise, so he can only be regarded as a half-smart person.
"By the way, Junhou said just now that he still has something to discuss with me. I wonder what it is?"
Chen Cheng took out a few pieces of paper, handed them to Yan Zhong, and then said: "This is it. I just sent someone to invite Zilong. When he comes, we will discuss it together."
Yan Zhong took the paper, read it for a while, and asked: "This military rank system looks very good. Is it only implemented among Ya soldiers, or should it be extended to the entire Liangzhou and include all soldiers and horses?"
Chen Cheng said: "First implement it in the tooth soldiers for a year and see how the effect is. If it is not good, we will modify it. If the effect is good, then we will introduce it to other troops."
What Chen Cheng showed Yan Zhong was the military rank system of "Private - Non-commissioned Officer - Colonel - General". This system is similar to the military merit system since the Qin and Han Dynasties, but it is very different. The military merit system also passed through the later period.
After many changes, it has become a title system that can be enjoyed by both soldiers and civilians.
The article he wanted to implement was only applicable to the army and was made to facilitate army command. In the Battle of Chencang, because the generals of the princes were absent, he was not able to command the troops and horses of the princes.
If there was a military rank system, the situation would probably be a little better.
After a while, Zhao Yun arrived, and Yan Zhong handed the several pieces of paper he had read to Zhao Yun.
Chen Cheng poured tea for Zhao Yun and asked, "Zilong, do you think this military rank system is necessary?"
Zhao Yun thanked him, then picked up the paper and read it. He read it very carefully, and thought for a while after reading it, and then replied: "This is very different from the current title system, but it is more similar.
Yu Qin's twenty-level military merit system. If it can be implemented, it will definitely improve the combat effectiveness of the army, but how good it will be is not what I can know now."
Chen Cheng was relieved. After all, he was not a native of this world. Recently, he had been focusing on production and machinery manufacturing. He was not as good as Zhao Yun who had been living in a military camp. Many times, the original intention of reform was good.
But big steps always lead to problems. Later, reform became synonymous with plundering wealth and raising taxes.
Since Zhao Yun and Yan Zhong had no objections and thought it could be implemented first and then looked at, Chen Cheng asked the province to write the regulations. After he used the seal himself, he issued them to the Ya soldiers for implementation. This reform only involved Ya soldiers.
There is not much money and food needed, so the outside world does not even know that such a thing exists.
The most popular topic inside and outside Yinchuan now is that Han Sui was sent to Bingzhou, and he would stay there for a long time. According to the Ministry of Rites, he was going to establish an office and it needed to be permanent. That day Yan Zhong proposed
At that time, there were many other people present, so everyone knew that after Yan Shangshu proposed a strategy to trick Han Sui, he drove Han Wenyue out of Liangzhou. This ruthless method made many people behind
Cold.
On the day he left Yinchuan, Han Sui took only five followers and followed Jia Xu on the road. They would follow the route the mission took to Bingzhou. They first crossed the Yellow River and walked from Lingzhou to Anding. Although the road was
It's worse, but there are still roads after all. Then from Anding to Shangjun, and then to Hedong. There are no roads on this section of the journey, which will only make it even worse.
Jia Xu looked at the farewell crowd and said to Han Sui: "General Han, do you want to say goodbye to your family again?"
Han Sui shook his head and said, "Forget it, I've said everything that needs to be said, what else is there to say now?"
There was a strange expression on his face. He seemed to be smiling, but also seemed to be sad. "Let's set off now and rush to Jinyang as soon as possible to visit Bingzhou Mu."
Jia Xu thought to himself: It seems like a good idea to send Han Sui to Bingzhou. But is it really a good idea?
His mind turned around a few times, and then he smiled and said, "Then we'll be on our way."
Time flies by. In the blink of an eye, it is spring again. Farmers go to the fields to cultivate, workers go to work in factories, herdsmen drive their animals out, chasing green grass all over the world. On the land near Yinchuan, a strong explosion erupts
His vitality and vitality astonished everyone who saw it.
Chen Cheng has completed the improvement of textile machinery and built the factory building. The large amount of wool harvested last year can finally be used. Weaving requires a lot of workers. Although the work is not heavy, the working hours are very long every day. Every day
The working time is no less than six hours. Apart from the time for washing, eating and sleeping, there is basically no free time.
After working in the factory for a few days, many workers couldn't stand it anymore and preferred to go back to farming or herding sheep. In this case, the government reduced the number of male workers and increased the number of female workers. Women who were not valued before are now
You can work in a textile factory and receive a lot of copper coins when you take a bath every ten days.
But now that women can make money, it has also brought about many problems. The most important one is the disharmony in family relationships. In the past, when the old men were unhappy, they would beat the wives to death, and the women did not dare to resist. But now
After they were able to make money on their own, they began to have discordant voices.
Quarrels can often be heard on the street, and more and more people come to litigate in the yamen. After a life was lost due to the discord between husband and wife, Chen Cheng realized that the matter had become so serious. Then he put down the water power
After the development of the forging hammer, a "Marriage Law" was quickly issued to protect the rights and interests of women.
